Table_26

TABLE 26.  Primary and secondary syphilis - Reported cases and rates 
           in selected cities of >200,000 population, ranked according 
           to rates: United States and outlying areas, 1993
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                                                      Rate per
                                                      100,000
            Rank    City                    Cases    Population
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              1     St Louis, MO              908       231.0
              2     New Orleans, LA           397        80.3
              3     Memphis, TN               549        64.9
              4     Atlanta, GA               335        50.2
              5     Milwaukee, WI             469        48.6
              6     Washington, DC            291        48.5
              7     Cincinnati, OH            395        45.1
              8     Birmingham, AL            295        44.9
              9     Oklahoma City, OK         177        41.5
             10     Louisville, KY            275        41.1
             11     Charlotte, NC             209        38.9
             12     Kansas City, MO           162        36.8
             13     Cleveland, OH             517        36.5
             14     Norfolk, VA                89        34.6
             15     Chicago, IL             1,016        34.3
             16     Newark, NJ                100        34.1
             17     Philadelphia, PA          515        32.6
             18     Rochester, NY              71        29.3
             19     Nashville, TN             149        28.7
             20     Fort Worth, TX            351        28.5
             21     Richmond, VA               55        26.9
             22     Detroit, MI               277        25.7
             23     San Juan, PR              189        21.7
             24     Dallas, TX                410        21.3
             25     Toledo, OH                 97        20.9
             26     Baltimore, MD             144        19.5
             27     Houston, TX               571        19.4
             28     St Petersburg, FL         154        17.5
             29     Austin, TX                100        16.4
             30     Tulsa, OK                  61        16.4
             31     New York City, NY       1,132        15.3
             32     Indianapolis, IN          120        14.7
             33     Miami, FL                 266        13.2
             34     Dayton, OH                 76        13.1
             35     Minneapolis, MN            43        11.2
             36     Jacksonville, FL           73        10.4
                    YEAR 2000 OBJECTIVE                  10.0
             37     Buffalo, NY                33        10.0
             38     Jersey City, NJ            22        10.0
             39     Des Moines, IA             33         9.8
             40     San Francisco, CA          69         9.3
             41     Denver, CO                 44         9.2
             42     San Antonio, TX            81         6.6
             43     Oakland, CA                76         6.3
             44     Los Angeles, CA           531         6.2
             45     Boston, MA                 34         6.0
             46     Yonkers, NY                11         5.8
             47     Corpus Christi, TX         17         5.7
             48     Portland, OR               24         5.0
             49     Tucson, AZ                 32         4.6
             50     San Diego, CA             106         4.1
             51     St Paul, MN                10         3.6
             52     Tampa, FL                  25         2.9
             53     Albuquerque, NM            14         2.8
             54     El Paso, TX                17         2.7
             55     Phoenix, AZ                55         2.5
             56     Omaha, NE                   8         1.9
             57     San Jose, CA               27         1.8
             58     Wichita, KS                 6         1.4
             59     Seattle, WA                22         1.4
             60     Akron, OH                   6         1.2
             61     Pittsburgh, PA             11         0.8
             62     Columbus, OH                8         0.8
             63     Sacramento, CA              8         0.7
             64     Honolulu, HI                6         0.7
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SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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